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Færeyjar
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
[-ey]
Proper noun
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is Faroe Islands Q4628
Declension
f.pl
Old Norse
Etymology
non ine-pro *peḱ- pluck
A compound of non fær sheep and non ey eyjar islands.
Proper noun
f-p
non an <<archipelago>> and self-governing <<dependent territory>> of <<c/Norway>> and later <<c/Denmark>>, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland
Declension
plur Færey
Derived terms
non færeyingr
non færeyskr
Descendants
is Færeyjar
fo Føroyar
nn Færøyane
nb Færøyene
sv Färöarna
da Færøerne
de Färöer 1